This is a guest post by Stewart Dunlop. Stewart is a full-time content marketer at Foundr and part-time reader, gamer & footballer. You can follow or tweet him @stewydunlop. How to Develop Your Brand as a Book Author From a literary point of view, we live in blessed times! Thanks to the development of modern […]

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on Writing Forward: It’s not possible to improve your writing overnight, unless you hire an expert to do it for you. People study the craft for years, decades even, and still they strive to make each piece of writing better than the last. Sure, there might be some quick tricks and shortcuts you can pick […]

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on Just Publishing Advice: Do you really need all those Microsoft Office programs just to write? Writers write words. Are you a writer? I’m sure you don’t prepare business plans with charts and graphs. You don’t use online collaboration tools. You don’t schedule meetings for a group of directors. I doubt if you would ever need […]

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by Savannah Cordova “Failures are just learning opportunities that have presented themselves successfully.” If you’ve come across that sentiment before, it’s probably because there are countless quotes from numerous successful people about the value of making mistakes. If you’ve read a few self-help books or follow any motivational influencers in Instagram, it may […]

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If people have been able to make plans for the future of many perishable material possessions or property, and succeeded at it, then you are more than capable of planning and materializing your own earthly and eternal future. When it comes to forward-thinking, the most important thing you always have to remember is that where you were and where you are, are not as important as where you are heading to. Yesterday might have either been cruel, or even a success, but tomorrow has greater promise—look towards it! In this regard, everybody has a great deal of precious lessons to learn from forward-thinking companies. (Featured image credit: Pixabay.com.)

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I’ll let you in on a little secret about something that that generally only comes to mind as an afterthought, but that can have a significant impact on how well people read, respond, and retain what you have to say. Want to make your blog posts better? Read on.

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on WOW! Women on Writing: uthors, have you ever asked a book blogger to review your book? Along with being a blog tour manager for WOW!, I also moonlight as the occasional book blogger at my personal blog, The World of My Imagination. Being on the receiving end of things, where authors pitch to me […]

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on Self Publishing Review: At SPR, we see a lot of books come our way, and we see some of the same mistakes being repeated over and over again. This is not just the case for a novice author, but for authors who have 10+ books out. Obviously, new authors should take heed most of […]

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on The Digital Reader: Book fairs and other local events can be a great way for authors to connect with readers and make new fans. They are immensely valuable, but at the same time it can be hard for first-timers to get the most out of an event. That was certainly true for me. I […]

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